academic freedom
noun
: freedom to teach or to learn without interference (as by government officials)
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The executive order argues that promoting a broader range of viewpoints among faculty will enhance academic freedom.
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Jimmy Aguilar, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
Last month, Harvard publicly rejected demands for policy changes that impacted academic freedoms and their rules over campus protests amid claims of antisemitism following contentious campus protests over Israel’s handling of its war in Gaza.
—Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
The administration has bullied major universities, threatening academic freedom and independent research.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2025
If tax policy becomes a weapon to enforce ideological conformity, then the future of academic freedom and civic freedom is at risk.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Jimmy Aguilar, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
Last month, Harvard publicly rejected demands for policy changes that impacted academic freedoms and their rules over campus protests amid claims of antisemitism following contentious campus protests over Israel’s handling of its war in Gaza.
—Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
The administration has bullied major universities, threatening academic freedom and independent research.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2025
If tax policy becomes a weapon to enforce ideological conformity, then the future of academic freedom and civic freedom is at risk.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for academic freedom
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“Academic freedom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academic%20freedom. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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